Schavemaker has been transporting your goods from A to B since 1967 and offers a wide range of logistics services. We started as a small family business, but have now developed into a modern European logistics service provider with long-standing experience. This page contains a few highlights from our history.
Henk Schavemaker uses a second-hand Volvo 385 to start his transport company in his home town of Assendelft, and mainly transports wood and steel. Schavemaker Transport is born.
Because the company now has around 20 trucks, the site in Assendelft is too small and it decides to move to its current head office at the Lijndenweg in Beverwijk. Beverwijk is the first choice because ‘Hoogovens’ (now TATA) has become the largest client and this move makes it possible to offer a faster service.
A 3-hectare site is purchased in Velsen-Noord to build transshipment halls with overhead cranes, primarily for handling heavy steel. This marks the start of Schavemaker Logistics.
Take over of IJmuiden-based Lindenberg Transport (30 combinations).
Takeover of Rotterdam-based Kleinjan Transport (10 combinations) and Breda-based Marvo Transport (40 combinations). Marvo eventually results in Schavemaker Transport Breda.
Purchase of 1-hectare port site at the Pijp in Beverwijk. This signals the company’s first experience with inland shipping.
Purchase of site at the Beatrixhaven in Maastricht. The site is located next to the Julianakanaal and has excellent water-based connections to Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Schavemaker opens its first foreign branch in Kąty Wrocławskie. It purchases the 7.5-hectare site. A new 180-metre quay is realised in Beverwijk, including a 40-tonne transshipment//container crane. This makes it possible to handle short sea ships with a draught of up to 8 metres.
Schavemaker Aircargo is established to offer Air cargo trucking, build and demolish aircraft pallets and manage a customs warehouse. The first All Weather terminal is opened in Maastricht and has a surface area of 7,000 m². 45-Tonne cranes are used to load and unload boats indoors.
Schavemaker Slovakia SRO is opened in Trnava (Slovakia) to meet increasing demand for transport to and from Central and Eastern Europe.
Purchase of an existing rail terminal in Kąty Wrocławskie (Poland) within 900 metres of our existing branch. The 5-hectare public rail terminal receives sea containers from Rotterdam, Hamburg and Gdynia/Gdańsk on a weekly basis. This is a strategic investment considering increasing interest in ‘green transport’.
Take over of Hendrickx Transport & Consultancy in Rijen, which specialises in 24-hour groupage to the United Kingdom & Ireland and sends 40 shipments each week. A TRIMODAL Warehouse (Water/Rail/Road) with a capacity of 10,000 m² and a 40-tonne overhead crane is realised in Maastricht. The automatic overhead cranes help to create the most efficient steel warehouse in Europe.
Schavemaker achieves AEO and VCA certification.
Take over of Beentjes Transport Haarlem B.V., whereby daily departures to England are doubled. Schavemaker Aircargo also relocates to new premises in Velsen-Noord.
Schavemaker Logistics & Transport opens a new branch in Bulgaria
A modern, new Transport Management System is implemented and the first EDI (Electronic Data Interface) is also realised.
Schavemaker Poland opens a completely new rail terminal in Kąty Wrocławskie.
Rail tracks modified to 2 x 600 metres.
Schavemaker is an experienced logistics service provider with a wide range of services in the field of logistics and European transport, using different modalities. We always find an end-to-end solution that suits your situation.
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